Multiple choice

........... ATPs are made form one glucose in bacteria while ......are made in an eukaryotic cell

  1. 38 & 36

  2. 36 & 38

  3. 36 & 36

  4. 38 & 38
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Explanation

Prokaryotes (bacteria) produce a net of 38 ATP because they lack mitochondria and do not require energy to shuttle NADH. Eukaryotes produce 36 ATP because the transport of cytosolic NADH into the mitochondria consumes energy.

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